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The ten commandments don't say "do not kill" it says לא תרצח (lo tirtzach) "do not murder" which is very different. If it meant "do not kill" it'd say לא תהרג (lo teharag), that comes from the King James bible which was written when kill and murder were synonymous in English which they aren't nowadays.
The Bible also advocates the death penalty for murder meaning if it said "do not kill period" it'd be contradicting itself
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יַכֶּ֖ה כָּל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם מ֖וֹת יוּמָֽת׃
If anyone kills any human being, he shall be put to death.(Leviticus 24:17)
Yes, I believe it leads to a more egotistical view centered solely on what's best for me, what's best for others be damned.
I, place a high value on the sanctity of life and believe it outweighs issues regarding quality thereof as quality can always be improved and has been improving in recent decades while once you're gone, you're gone.Period.

It can only be considered murder if it was pre-meditated,intentional and theoretically avoidable for the killed by for example leaving a war zone
Only 3% of abortions are related to health problems. It's irrelevant for the vast majority of abortions.

I'm a Contractualist. Murder is violating the social contract in a particularly egregious way. I only support war to keep the peace like a pre-emptive strike on a notoriously aggressive country building nuclear weapons.

Matthew 16:28 "Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man (i.e Jesus) coming in his kingdom."
Jesus said he'd return during his followers lifetimes. He can't mean an afterlife because it says some and not all and if he meant an afterlife he'd have said "all" because there'd be no reason only some would be there if he was referring to an afterlife.
Also, in Christian doctrine if one does all the good in the world but doesn't believe in Jesus they go to hell but vice versa if they do. How is that just?
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